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Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
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Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs is a titular basilica church in the Piazza della Repubblica.
Pope Clement XI commissioned the astronomer, mathematician Francesco Bianchini to build a meridian line, a sort of sundial, within the basilica. Completed in 1702, the object had a threefold purpose: the pope wanted to check the accuracy of the Gregorian reformation of the calendar, to produce a tool to predict Easter exactly, and, not least, to give Rome a meridian line as important as the one Giovanni Domenico Cassini had recently built in Bologna's cathedral, San Petronio ( read more )
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri address ( Show map )
Piazza della Repubblica. Rome.Lazio. Italy.
How to get to Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri ?
Subway: LA- Repubblica
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri schedule
Monday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Sunday: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
How to contact ?
+39 06 488 0812
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